Affiliate Program

Author Event

Please join us for a special evening with author Eugenia Kim presenting and signing her new novel, THE KINSHIP OF SECRETS, inspired by the true-life story of her sister, notable New Orleanian Sun Kim.

In 1948 Najin and Calvin Cho, with their young daughter Miran, travel from South Korea to the United States in search of new opportunities. Wary of the challenges they know will face them, Najin and Calvin make the difficult decision to leave their infant daughter, Inja, behind with their extended family; soon, they hope, they will return to her.

But then war breaks out in Korea, and there is no end in sight to the separation. Miran grows up in prosperous American suburbia, under the shadow of the daughter left behind, as Inja grapples in her war-torn land with ties to a family she doesn’t remember. Najin and Calvin desperately seek a reunion with Inja, but are the bonds of love strong enough to reconnect their family over distance, time, and war? And as deep family secrets are revealed, will everything they long for be upended?

Indies First is a day of activities and events in support of independent bookstores that takes place on Small Business Saturday (November 24, 2018). On a day dedicated to supporting the local businesses that help create jobs, boost the local economy, and preserve neighborhoods, Octavia Books is proudly hosting a team of local authors who are putting "indies first" by volunteering as front-line booksellers for the day. Do visit us on this fun and exciting day. And, ask the authors for a recommendation or to sign copies of their own books. And we will be giving away lots special gifts, too -- from tote bags to t-shirts.

Just in time for Christmas shopping, Bill and Sally Reeves will explain the making ofNOTABLE NEW ORLEANIANS: A Tricentennial Tribute, a project of the Louisiana Historical Society for the New Orleans Tricentennial. With some one hundred essays on individuals chosen from 300 years of local history arranged by date of birth, the book unfolds the story of New Orleans through the lives of its most significant contributors. Working as a team, Bill will describe the biographical selections, and his wife Sally will offer an illustrated presentation on the colored maps and archival plans that enhance the narrative. Find out whom the authors consider the single New Orleanian who has done the most good for the most people over the longest period of time.

Please join us for a presentation and signing with Shane Bauer featuring his new book, AMERICAN PRISON: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment. The book expands upon Shane’s groundbreaking cover story for Mother Jones, for which he went undercover as a corrections officer at a Louisiana private prison for four months, and interweaves the shameful history of for-profit prisons, beginning with their origins in the 19th century, their rise in the 1980s with creation of the world’s first private prison company, and bringing us to present day, when President Obama’s Justice Department announced they would be phased out, followed by the Trump administration indicating it will expand their use.

Join us at the Uptown JCCwhen Martin Fletcher presents his new novel, THE PROMISED LAND, a sweeping saga of two brothers and the woman they love, a devastating love triangle set to the founding of the State of Israel. It is at once the gripping tale of a struggling family and a struggling nation.

The story begins when fourteen-year-old Peter is sent west to America to escape the growing horror of Nazi Germany. But his younger brother Arie and their entire family are sent east to the death camps. Only Arie survives.

In powerfully lyrical prose, Morgan Babst evokes the shattered lives strewn in the wake of the levee collapses that left New Orleans in ruins. It’s a story still difficult to believe--even by those of us who lived through it.”—John Biguenet, author of The Rising Water Trilogy

Join us for a special evening with author C. Morgan Babst in conversation with author Anne Gisleson (THE FUTILITARIANS) celebrating the launch of the paperback edition of her New Orleans-based novel, THE FLOATING WORLD.

In this dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, Babst takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina and the life of a great city.

Join us offsite at Antenna when RM220 presents author Ken Foster and photographer Traer Scott featuring stories and photographs from their new book CITY OF DOGS.

A beautiful, heartfelt, funny, and inspiring collection of photos and stories that maps the relationship between canine New Yorkers and their human counterparts.

New York is a city of five boroughs, more than 250 distinct neighborhoods, 8.5 million people, and more than 600,000 dogs, who are as much a part of the social fabric as the people who follow them on the other end of the leash. City of Dogs maps this relationship with incredible four-color photos highlighting the scene.

NOVEL SOUNDS shows how Southern writers turned to rock music and its technologies—tape, radio, vinyl—to develop the “rock novel.” Florence Dore considers the work of writers like William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, and William Styron alongside Bessie Smith, Lead Belly, and Bob Dylan to uncover deep historical links between rock and literature.

A special evening with bestselling author Ann Lamott featuring her new book, ALMOST EVERYTHING: Notes on Hope, presented by the St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church Mabel Palmer Lectures in partnership with the School for Contemplative Living. This is a ticketed event at the St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church at the corner of St. Charles and Broadway. Ticket purchase (required) includes a signed copy ALMOST EVERYTHING.